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Thanks, Bonaventure, for you discussion of stressed tuber survival in
Arisaema.  My A. sikokianum is planted at the top of a small rise, under =a
couple of small but old Douglas Firs (not native here, of course).  It ge=ts
very little light -- no direct sun in summer, because there are also
deciduous broadleaf trees like Red Oak and Sugar Maple growing in the
woods.  It seems to be surviving.

I planted two groups of 3 tubers of A. fargesii last summer.  All are in =my
usual woodland beds of tops soil, rotted leaves, and sand (ca. 1 : 1 :
1).  Two came up in one group, none so far in the other.

I also see no signs of  AA. candidissimum, consanguineum, thunbergii, or
urashima.  I understand the candidissimum are likely to come up later.  I
think I have probably lost the others.

So I'm interested in seeing what seeds I get from the exchange will produ=ce
here.  I will probably need more greenhouses soon.

I received three small Arisaema seedlings labeled "111258  AAC  1999" --
can anyone decode that for me?  The leaves look vaguely consanguineum-lik=e
at this stage.

Regards to all,
Jim Shields
in coolish central Indiana

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